GCSPR_EL2, Guarded Control Stack Pointer Register (EL2)

The GCSPR_EL2 characteristics are:

Purpose

Contains the Guarded control stack pointer at EL2.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_GCS is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to GCSPR_EL2 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

GCSPR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
PTR[63:3]
PTR[63:3]RES0

PTR[63:3], bits [63:3]

EL2 Guarded control stack pointer bits [63:3].

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [2:0]

Reserved, RES0.

Accessing GCSPR_EL2

When FEAT_VHE is implemented, and HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, accesses from EL2 using the register name GCSPR_EL2 or GCSPR_EL1 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other register name.

Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:

MRS <Xt>, GCSPR_EL2

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b00100b01010b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL2;

MSR GCSPR_EL2, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b00100b01010b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else GCSPR_EL2 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then GCSPR_EL2 = X[t, 64];

MRS <Xt>, GCSPR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00100b01010b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGRTR_EL2.nGCS_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '111' then X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x8C0]; else X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL2; else X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL1;

MSR GCSPR_EL1, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00100b01010b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGWTR_EL2.nGCS_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '111' then NVMem[0x8C0] = X[t, 64]; else GCSPR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then GCSPR_EL2 = X[t, 64]; else GCSPR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then GCSPR_EL1 = X[t, 64];


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